Eleven elderly women work on sewing and quilting projects. Some are working at Singer sewing machines with treadles, others sit at tables. Small boxes with what appear to be pieces of fabric are sitting on the tables and window sills. Most of the...

Women measure, iron, and sew material at Singer sewing machines and by hand in a large ornately decorated room. Fabric pieces are lying on a large table around which working women sit and stand. Pins, spools of thread, boxes of more fabric, and...